Topic
Accountability
254 published works
Consumer Finance Monitor
Cordray stresses individual accountability and service provider oversight in remarks to Chicago Fed
In remarks to the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank on May 9, Director Cordray outlined the past and future of the Bureau’s enforcement efforts. Director Cordray’s theme was to outline Bureau…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Government announces regulatory enforcement review
HM Treasury announced a review into the fairness, transparency, speed and efficiency of the FCA and PRA’s enforcement decision making processes. The first stage of the review is an evidence gathering…
ImmigrationProf Blog
No Action Taken: Lack of CBP Accountability in Responding to Complaints of Abuse
Today, the American Immigration Council released No Action Taken: Lack of CBP Accountability in Responding to Complaints of Abuse, by Daniel E. Martinez, Ph.D., Guillermo Cantor, Ph.D., and Walter A.…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The 10th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib
On the 10th anniversary of the publication of the horrific images of Abu Ghraib, co-editor Deena R. Hurwitz shares her reflections on the ongoing lack of accountability for the abuses that occurred. A shorter version…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hold Accountable Customs and Border Protection
An alliance of immigration advocacy groups has launched HoldCBPAccountable.org, a website that catalogues lawsuits and administrative complaints brought against U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The American Immigration Council, the National…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Updated: The Importance of Accountability to Residents of CCRCs
Paula Span, writing for the New York Times' column, The New Old Age, offers several perspectives on the Vi of Palo Alto lawsuit filed by residents at this high-end, California continuing care retirement…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Career Success: Who is holding you accountable?
We had a group telephone coaching session this week. I actually coached three of the six lawyers in the group in person a couple of years ago. They wanted to…
Litigation & Trial
The Fraternity Mindset: Why Be Responsible When You Can Dodge Responsibility?
Caitlin Flanagan’s “The Dark Power of Fraternities” at The Atlantic, an exposé of the “endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems” that plague fraternities and how they avoid liability, is a…
Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch
SEC To Demand More Public Accountability This Year From Wrongdoers In Financial Markets
By Philip R. Stein, Jeremy C. Sahn
SEC Chair Mary Jo White announced last week that the SEC is changing its protocol relating to admissions of guilt in settlements with wrongdoers in the securities markets. Historically, SEC…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Commentary on Chair White’s Speech on “The Importance of Trials to the Law and Public Accountability”
Recently, I reported on Chair White's speech on “The Importance of Trials to the Law and Public Accountability.” Mike Koehler of the FCPA Professor Blog offers some interesting and thoughtful commentary.